Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry: Armenia speaking of peace is hypocrisy

Armenia's ongoing occupation of Azerbaijani territories continues to be a major threat to regional peace and security, the spokesperson of Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Hikmat Hajiyev said, commenting on the issues reflected in the annual 'Worldwide Threat Assessment' report of the US Intelligence Community, concerning the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

According to the diplomat, Yerevan's speaking of peace in the context of the occupation of Azerbaijani lands, continuation of illegal actions in the occupied territories and attempts of annexation of the territories is a clear hypocrisy, irresponsibility and unserious approach.

"The heads of state of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chair countries have repeatedly stated that the existing status quo is unacceptable and unstable. To replace the occupation-based status quo, Armenian armed forces should be fully and unconditionally removed from the occupied territories of Azerbaijan, as required by the relevant UN Security Council resolutions, and ultimately, the military risk factor for the political solution of the conflict should be eliminated," Trend cited Hajiyev as saying.